Of course it’s difficult! That’s the point. We don’t do well coasting. Challenges and difficulties build us. Hard time build us. Some difficulties can make us entirely better people. Learn from the hard times and lean into them.
Give when you can. Cause one day you'll be in need. And if you haven't given, you may not get anything in return. Give. It will return to you one day. Not that that is the goal. But because it's the right thing to do.